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uncircumspect

uncircumspect adjective: not circumspect.

Adjective

uncircumspect (comparative more uncircumspect, superlative most uncircumspect)

  1. Not circumspect.
    • And he sets industriously to the task of cleaning, renovating and exploring his overgrown property with the steady uncircumspect conviction of a true handyman.2009 May 24, Scott Bradfield, “Upstate”, in New York Times

Forms of uncircumspect

comparativemore uncircumspect
superlativemost uncircumspect

Origin of uncircumspect

From un- + circumspect.

Words formed from uncircumspect

Questions about uncircumspect

What does uncircumspect mean?
Uncircumspect means not circumspect.
What part of speech is uncircumspect?
Uncircumspect is an adjective.

Words near uncircumspect in the dictionary

  1. uncircumscribably
  2. uncircumscribed
  3. uncircumscript
  4. uncircumscriptible
  5. uncircumscription
  6. uncircumspect
  7. uncircumspection
  8. uncircumspectly
  9. uncircumstanced
  10. uncircumstantial
  11. uncircumstantially

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